In the evening, Chen Xingling rode his bicycle home.
The temperature started to rise today. The cold wind blowing on my face was not that cold. The bright sunshine lasted the whole day, and it felt as if spring had arrived.
Winters in Shangjing City are very long, springs are rainy, and it is very cold during the late spring cold snaps. Sometimes, it will not really warm up until the third month of the lunar calendar.
Comparing the two, Chen Xingling was once again glad that returning to Yucheng earlier was the right choice.
She hummed a little tune, slowly crossed the water and soon arrived at the end of the road.
Suddenly, she saw Gu Xuan and Zhao Xiaoxing standing at the door, one thin and one strong, one dark-skinned and one spotted, standing outside the gate motionless.
Forehead?
Chen Xingling felt that something happened at home!
The next moment, her feet moved quickly.
"sister in law!"
"sister in law!"
Zhao Xiaoxing saw her, waved her arms vigorously, and then ran over with a nervous look on her face.
"Sister-in-law... no more!"
Chen Xingling gripped the handlebars to brake the bicycle, paused with his long legs, and steadied his body.
"What happened? What's wrong?"
Zhao Xiaoxing swallowed and stuttered nervously.
"Sister-in-law! Big brother and A Yi took my mother-in-law to the train station! My mother-in-law started crying...but Big brother wouldn't let her stay! A Yi was also very angry! I don't know what to do!"
What with what??
Chen Xingling frowned when he heard this and said, "Don't be nervous, don't be anxious, just speak slowly first."
Zhao Xiaoxing explained with red eyes: "I heard from my eldest brother that my mother-in-law went to gamble again... She lost dozens of dollars playing mahjong again. My eldest brother was very angry and asked me to find Ayi, and then he asked sister-in-law Xuan to throw the luggage into the car. After Ayi came, my eldest brother asked him to hold my mother-in-law... My mother-in-law kept crying and shouting that she would not go back... But my eldest brother refused and drove to the train station with a cold face."
Chen Xingling: “…”
At this time, Gu Xuan looked over with a sluggish face and said lightly: "Sister-in-law."
Chen Xingling closed his mouth and finally reacted.
"They--when did they die? When did this happen?"
Zhao Xiaoxing replied: "Before the sun set... about an hour."
Chen Xingling felt a little headache and asked, "Ah Xuan, how did you find out that your mother went to gamble again?"
As early as the morning of her fourth brother's wedding, she discovered that something was wrong with her mother-in-law.
How could someone like her, who fell into a deep sleep as soon as she touched the pillow, not be able to sleep in the middle of the night? She was probably playing mahjong.
Apparently she not only went to play mahjong, but also lost money again.
As the ancients said: Every failure makes you wiser, but my mother-in-law becomes stupider every time she fails!
Gu Xuan shook his head: "I just suspected it. I asked her, but she refused to tell the truth. I didn't know where to find her, so my eldest brother found her himself. He said that he saw Mom playing mahjong with some loose change in front of her. He also said that Mom not only gambled away all the money she had, but also owed dozens of dollars. He paid back the money and tore up the IOU, and then the other party let Mom and my eldest brother leave. My eldest brother was very angry, so he wanted to drive Mom back to her hometown in Shangjing."
Chen Xingling sighed helplessly, pushed the bicycle into the gate and parked it under a big tree.
"It will take a while to get to the train station. Please come in first and close the gate."
Zhao Xiaoxing and Gu Xuan did as they were told.
At this time, little Huzi ran out from the study with his cute little face wrinkled.
"Mom, don't go anymore... Grandma kept crying... But Dad and uncle were very angry and dragged her into the car... Grandma kept yelling at her not to go back."
Chen Xingling guessed that the little guy was frightened, so he squatted down and hugged him in his arms.
"Don't worry, grandma has done something wrong again. Dad and uncle can't let her stay here and make the same mistake again, so they punish her to go back to Shangjing City to look after the old house temporarily. Grandma can come back only after the old house is taken care of."
Little Tiger asked timidly: "What did grandma do wrong? She - she cried so hard and scolded dad and uncle... She also said she didn't have much money."
Chen Xingling cursed secretly and gently stroked his son's hair.
"She gambled away all the money she had while playing mahjong. Making money was very hard, and grandma didn't know how to make money. No one blamed her, but she gambled away all the money we worked so hard to earn. We were very disappointed with her. And it happened more than once, this was the first time. Adults have to pay a price for doing something wrong, so dad punished her by sending her back to his hometown to look after the old house."
Little Tiger nodded gently and asked, "Mom, will grandma come back later?"
"I think so." Chen Xingling smiled: "When she repents and corrects her mistakes, your father and uncle will let her come back."
My mother-in-law is a very scoundrel. Even if she is temporarily driven back to the capital, she will find every opportunity to escape back.
At most, it can only scare her for a while, but it can also keep her quiet for a while.
Little Tiger couldn't help but mutter, "My aunt and the others play mahjong occasionally, and they all seem very happy."
"Playing for fun is a form of entertainment." Chen Xingling explained absentmindedly, "Just like playing chess and hide-and-seek, they are all games. But if you gamble for money, it's not the same thing."
At this time, Zhao Xiaoxing caught up with a helpless look on her face.
"Sister-in-law, then...then what should we do? What should we do now?"
Chen Xingling's eyes were open: "This matter was decided by your eldest brother, and I had no prior knowledge of it. Since the people have been taken to the station, it is too late for us to stop them now. I don't know if Aqi deliberately frightened the old man, let's wait and see, and we'll talk about it after they come back."
"Hey." Zhao Xiaoxing had no idea at all and nodded: "Then let's wait."
Gu Xuan stood in the corner, his face sluggish and silent.
Chen Xingling looked at her and asked, "Ah Xuan, did your elder brother discuss this with you? Didn't you stop him?"
"No." Gu Xuan whispered, "My eldest brother asked me to help mom pack her things, so I went to pack them. Sister-in-law, you know I can't control mom."
"I know." Chen Xingling sighed helplessly: "No one in the family can control her, which led to the current situation. Last time she lost more than a thousand, and this time it's over a hundred."
Dinner was ready, and Chen Xingling invited her sisters-in-law and sister-in-law to eat together.
"Don't wait. We don't know when they will be back. Let's eat first. Leave some in the pot to keep warm so that Aqi and Ayi can have something to eat when they come back."
After eating, the three of them cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen, and then waited in the living room.
Xiao Huzi asked Gu Xuan to play chess with him, but Gu Xuan lost after just a few moves.
Chen Xingling and Zhao Xiaoxing swept and mopped the floor together while waiting anxiously.
I thought they would come back because they missed the train, but it was almost nine o'clock when Gu Qi came back with Gu Yi.
There was nothing behind them, and no sign of the fat figure of Ying.
Chen Xingling and the other two hurried out to greet him, but for a moment they didn't know how to start the conversation.
Gu Qi lowered his eyes and broke the silence first.
"Mom went out to gamble again, and was caught by Brother Liu and me. Ayi and I chased her back to Shangjing City. We waited for several hours at the train station before we finally got a train to Shangjing City, so we came back a little late."
Little Tiger asked in a low voice from behind: "Dad, grandma...was she punished by you to go back to her hometown?"
"Yeah." Gu Qi's face was grim. "She made an outrageous mistake, and she made it over and over again. She must accept the punishment and reflect on herself."
Seeing that the matter was done, Chen Xingling did not say anything else. In her heart, she secretly praised her husband for his decisiveness and his determination to not tolerate adultery.
"Are you all hungry? Let's go to the kitchen and eat something."
Gu Qi and Gu Yi were indeed hungry, so they washed their hands, took the bowls, and started eating in big mouthfuls.
Such a big thing happened at home, no one was in a good mood, and the dinner table was silent, and no one spoke.
Little Tiger blinked his eyes and asked with concern: "Dad, is Grandma still crying?"
"I didn't wrongly accuse her, why should she cry?" Gu Qi said calmly: "I criticized her, and then she stopped crying and got on the train by herself with her luggage."
Little Tiger nodded, not quite understanding.
Chen Xingling pushed the little guy and whispered, "It's late, go to bed first."
Little Tiger went upstairs obediently.
After Gu Qi and Gu Yi had eaten, they went to the living room one after another.
Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask, "How long will it take? Have you decided on a time?"
If Archie didn't set a time, his mother-in-law might sneak back in a few days.
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